Subject: OAR 820-001-0025 — Adopts language to state that the Board adopted the Department
of Justice Public Contracts Manual including reference to ORS 279A, B, and C, and
OAR chapter 137, divisions 46 and 47 as its purchasing and contracting policies
and became effective May 8, 2012.

OAR
820-010-0200 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0204 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0205 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0206 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0207 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0208 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0212 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to Secretary of State.

OAR
820-010-0213 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0214 — Housekeeping; Revises the total fee for application as a result
of the decrease in annual renewal fee (from $90.00 to $75.00 effective with the
June 2012 biennial renewal period) and renames the “take-home” examination
to a “take at home” examination.

OAR
820-010-0635 — Deletes language related to the NCEES Registered Continuing
Education Providers Program as they no longer language related to the NCEES Registered
Continuing Education Providers Program as they no longer exist.

OAR
820-010-0720 — Revises language to include that a licensee, firm, or other
organization advertising for or offering to perform the services provided in ORS
Chapter 537 must employ a Certified Water Right Examiner (CWRE).

OAR
820-015-0026 — Revises language to clarify the process to request a grace
period if a registrant has failed to satisfy the Continuing Professional Development
requirements by 15 PDH or fewer.

Effective May 8,
2012, the Board adopted the Department of Justice Public Contracts Manual that includes
reference to ORS 279A, B, and C, and OAR chapter 137, divisions 46 and 47 as its
purchasing and contracting policies.

(a) Certified
Water Right Examiners are required to obtain 10 professional development hour (PDH)
units in subjects related to the practice of water right examination. As used in
this rule, “Water Right Examination” includes: courses or study related
to water right applications and claims of beneficial use, Water Resources Department
programs, water law, or other subjects related to the work of a Water Right Examiner.

(b) For persons
who hold registration as an engineer, land surveyor, or both, the number of PDH
units required shall remain 30 PDH units per renewal period and may include the
10 PDH units required in OAR 820-050-0010(1)(a).

(c) Any Certified
Water Right Examiner who fails to satisfy the Continuing Professional Development
requirements in subsection (1)(a) shall be subject to suspension. Failure to satisfy
the Continuing Professional Development requirements shall not be the sole basis
for revocation of certificate.

(2) Before
suspending the certificate of a Water Right Examiner, the Board may allow a grace
period of up to one year for a certificate holder to satisfy these Continuing Professional
Development requirements. When a grace period is allowed under subsection (3), the
certificate holder must complete all deficient Continuing Professional Development
requirements and satisfy all current Continuing Professional Development requirements
within the grace period. If the certificate holder fails to obtain all required
deficient and current PDH units within the grace period, the Board shall suspend
the registrant’s certificate.

(3) The Board
shall grant a grace period to a certificate holder who responds to any Board notification,
completes a Continuing Education Request for a Grace Period Form, is not otherwise
subject to Board investigation, audit, or discipline, and has failed to satisfy
the Continuing Professional Development requirements by 5 or fewer PDH units related
to the practice of water right examination.

Application
for Registration as Professional Engineers (PE) Based on Licensure by Another Jurisdiction
(Comity)

(1) Professional
engineers registered in other jurisdictions may file applications for registration
on the basis of comity as provided in ORS 672.148. NCEES records, current within
the two years prior to application, may be accepted to document registration.

(2) In lieu
of a NCEES record, application will consist of:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in engineering;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold registration
in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that verifies
the applicant’s work meets the definition of engineering as defined in the
OAR 820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of EI and current registration in another NCEES jurisdiction.

(3) The other
jurisdiction that issued the certificate of registration must have had substantially
equivalent requirements for registration as Oregon had at the time the other jurisdiction
issued the certificate of registration.

(4) The Board
may require the applicant to provide documentation of the requirements for registration
by such other jurisdiction in effect at the time the applicant obtained a certificate
of registration.

(5) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional engineering in
Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as Professional Engineers (PE) Based on Examination by Another
Jurisdiction or by NCEES (1st Registration)

(1) Applicants who
are not registered in another jurisdiction but who meet all the requirements for
registration in Oregon may be considered for registration if the application is
submitted within five years following passing the practical examination as a professional
engineer in another jurisdiction or by NCEES. This includes, for example, applicants
who have passed the FE and PE examinations in another jurisdiction or by NCEES,
but who are not registered in a jurisdiction. This rule does not apply to applicants
who are not currently registered due to expired, delinquent, or otherwise invalid
certificates of registration.

(2) Application
must include:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in engineering;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of the OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold
registration in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that supervised
the work product as meeting the definition of engineering as defined in the OAR
820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of successful completion of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering examination
and the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering examination.

(3) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional engineering in
Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as Professional Land Surveyors (PLS) Based on Licensure by Another
Jurisdiction (Comity)

(1) Professional
land surveyors registered in other jurisdictions may file applications for registration
on the basis of comity as provided in ORS 672.148. NCEES records, current within
the two years prior to application, may be accepted to document registration.

(2) In lieu
of a NCEES record, application will consist of:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in land surveying;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold registration
in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that verifies
the applicant’s work meets the definition of land surveying as defined in
the OAR 820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of LSI and current registration in another NCEES jurisdiction.

(3) The other
jurisdiction that issued the certificate of registration must have had substantially
equivalent requirements for registration as Oregon had at the time the other jurisdiction
issued the certificate of registration.

(4) The Board
may require the applicant to provide documentation of the requirements for registration
by such other jurisdiction in effect at the time the applicant obtained a certificate
of registration.

(5) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional land surveying
in Oregon, each applicant must successfully pass a state specific examination covering
Oregon law relating to land surveying.

(6) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional land surveying
in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as a Professional Land Surveyors (PLS) Based on Examination by
Another Jurisdiction or by NCEES (1st Registration)

(1) Applicants who
are not registered in another jurisdiction but who meet all the requirements for
registration in Oregon may be considered for registration if the application is
submitted within five years following passing the practical examination as a professional
land surveyor in another jurisdiction or by NCEES. This includes, for example, applicants
who have passed the FLS and PLS examinations in another jurisdiction or by NCEES,
but who are not registered in a jurisdiction. This rule does not apply to applicants
who are not currently registered due to expired, delinquent, or otherwise invalid
certificates of registration.

(2) Application
must include:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in land surveying;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of the OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold
registration in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that supervised
the work product as meeting the definition of land surveying as defined in the OAR
820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of successful completion of the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying
examination and the NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying examination.

(3) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional land surveying
in Oregon, each applicant must successfully pass a state specific examination covering
Oregon law relating to land surveying.

(4) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional land surveying
in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as Professional Photogrammetrists Based on Licensure by Another
Jurisdiction (Comity)

(1) Professional
photogrammetrists registered in other jurisdictions may apply for registration on
the basis of comity as provided in ORS 672.148. NCEES records, current within the
two years prior to application, may be accepted to document registration.

(2) In lieu
of a NCEES record, application will consist of:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in photogrammetric mapping;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold registration
in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that verifies
the applicant’s work meets the definition of photogrammetric mapping as defined
in the OAR 820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of LSI and current registration in another NCEES jurisdiction.

(3) The other
jurisdiction that issued the certificate of registration must have had substantially
equivalent requirements for registration as Oregon had at the time the other jurisdiction
issued the certificate of registration.

(4) The Board
may require the applicant to provide documentation of the requirements for registration
by such other jurisdiction in effect at the time the applicant obtained a certificate
of registration.

(5) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice photogrammetric mapping in Oregon,
each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as a Professional Photogrammetrists Based on Examination by Another
Jurisdiction or by NCEES (1st Registration)

(1) Applicants who
are not registered in another jurisdiction but who meet all the requirements for
registration in Oregon may be considered for registration if the application is
submitted within five years following passing the examination as a photogrammetrist
in another jurisdiction or by NCEES. This rule does not apply to applicants who
are not currently registered due to expired, delinquent, or otherwise invalid certificates
of registration.

(2) Application
must include:

(a) Experience
Details form including active practice in photogrammetric mapping;

(b) Five
references that meet the requirements of the OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold
registration in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that supervised
the work product as meeting the definition of photogrammetric mapping as defined
in the OAR 820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(c) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(d) Official
verification of successful completion of the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying
examination and a professional photogrammetry examination recognized by the Board.

(3) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional photogrammetric
mapping in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws
and rules in Oregon.

Applications
for Registration as Professional Photogrammetrists (RPP) Based on Examination

(1) Applicants for
registration as a professional photogrammetrist must submit documentation to include:

(a) Application
for Registration by Examination;

(b) Experience
Details form including active practice in photogrammetric mapping;

(c) Five
references that meet the requirements of the OAR 820-010-0255, three of whom hold
registration in a NCEES jurisdiction;

(A) Qualifying
experience accrued by the applicant must be accompanied by a reference that supervised
the work product as meeting the definition of photogrammetric mapping as defined
in the OAR 820-010-0010.

(B) References
must be submitted on the Board approved Reference Details form.

(C) The Board
may, for good cause upon written application, reduce the number of references required.

(d) Official
transcripts or evaluation of degree credentials for those degrees not from an ABET
accredited program.

(e) Official
verification of successful completion of the Fundamentals of Land Surveying examination.

(2) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional photogrammetric
mapping in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws
and rules in Oregon.

(3) Application
must be accompanied by the $230.00 fee.

(4) Application
for readmission must be accompanied by the $110.00 fee.

(1) Applications
for registration as professional engineers, professional land surveyors, professional
photogrammetrists and for enrollment as an EI, an LSI, or an application for certification
as a water right examiner will be made on printed forms issued by the Board in accordance
with Board instructions.

(2) All applications
must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.

(3) The following
must be submitted to the Board in a single package by the application deadline in
OAR 820-010-0442:

(a) Application;

(b) Experience
Details form;

(c) Reference
Details forms;

(d) Request
for Reasonable Accommodations to Oregon Specific Examinations; and

(e) Explanation
of any work performed in conjunction with any educational program as defined in
OAR 820-010-0010.

(f) If applicable,
any evidence of further preparation for readmission to a subsequent examination
as required by OAR 820-010-0465.

(4) Applications
for registration as professional engineers, professional land surveyors, or professional
photogrammetrists must be accompanied by a completed take at home examination on
the laws and rules in Oregon.

(5) The following
documents may be submitted by the issuer to the Board office and received no later
than December 15 for the Spring examination administration or no later than June
15 for the Fall examination administration:

Educational
Qualifications to Take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination for Enrollment
as an Engineering Intern (EI)

Applicants for admission
to examination for enrollment as an EI will be required to submit the following
evidence to show eligibility to take the FE examination:

(1) Official
transcripts that document the degree and date awarded, demonstrating completion
of an engineering curriculum satisfactory to the Board, as described in (3) below.

(2) If taking
the examination prior to graduation, a statement signed by an official from the
school, university or college that all work necessary to obtain a degree in a curriculum
satisfactory to the Board has been or will be completed within four months following
the examination as provided in ORS 670.010. Official transcript(s) that document
the degree and date awarded, verifying completion must be received within 6 months
of taking the examination to release examination scores and to allow enrollment
as an EI. Scores will only be released if the official transcript(s) that documents
the degree and date awarded is received within 6 months of taking the examination.
When the official transcript(s) that documents the degree and date awarded is not
received within 6 months of taking the examination, the application shall be considered
withdrawn. This rule shall apply to applications from the April 2012 examination
administration forward.

(3) For entrance
to the FE examination, a curriculum satisfactory to the Board shall include:

(d) Graduation
from a graduate degree program in engineering at a college or university that has
an EAC of ABET accredited undergraduate degree program in the same field as the
graduate degree program, combined with completion of 21 semester/32 quarter hours
of engineering related technical course work. The courses shall include at least
six of the following nine subjects: Differential Equations, Physics, Statistics,
Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Electrical Fundamentals and
Strength of Materials.

(e) Graduation
from TAC of ABET accredited two-year Engineering Technology program or graduation
from a two-year Associate of Applied Science program in Engineering Technology that
includes the following:

(A) A total
of at least 64 semester/96 quarter hours;

(B) At least
32 semester/48 quarter hours in technical courses. (Skills and knowledge of appropriate
methods, procedures and techniques; experience in carrying out established engineering
procedures);

(ii) 8 semester/12
quarter hours in mathematics (not including courses below the level of college algebra
or courses in computer programming);

(D) At least
9 semester/13 quarter hours in social science, humanities and communications; and

(E) In addition
to the educational requirements set forth in paragraph (e) of subsection (3), graduates
from two-year programs shall complete two or more years of engineering work before
qualifying to take the FE examination for enrollment as an EI. In the alternative,
graduates from two-year programs may complete additional course work consisting
of 21 semester/32 quarter hours in Differential Equations, Physics, Statistics,
Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Electrical Fundamentals and
Strength of Materials.

(f) Completion
of a curriculum that the Board finds has adequately prepared the application for
enrollment as an EI.

Educational
Qualifications to Take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying (FLS) Examination for
Enrollment as a Land Surveying Intern (LSI)

Applicants for admission
to examination for enrollment as an LSI will be required to submit the following
evidence to show eligibility to take the FLS examination:

(1) Official
transcripts that document the degree and date awarded, demonstrating completion
of a land surveying curriculum satisfactory to the Board, as described in (3) below.

(2) If taking
the examination prior to graduation, a statement signed by an official from the
school, university or college that all work necessary to obtain a degree in a curriculum
satisfactory to the Board has been or will be completed within four months following
the examination as provided in ORS 670.010. Official transcript(s) that document
the degree and date awarded, verifying completion must be received within 6 months
of taking the examination to release examination scores and to allow enrollment
as an LSI. Scores will only be released if the official transcript(s) that documents
the degree and date awarded is received within 6 months of taking the examination.
When the official transcript(s) that documents the degree and date awarded is not
received within 6 months of taking the examination, the application shall be considered
withdrawn. This rule shall apply to applications from the April 2012 examination
administration forward.

(3) For entrance
to the FLS Examination, a curriculum satisfactory to the Board shall include:

(a) Graduation
from an EAC of ABET accredited four-year baccalaureate land surveying program;

(b) Graduation
from an ASAC of ABET accredited four-year baccalaureate land surveying program;

(c) Graduation
from a TAC of ABET accredited four-your baccalaureate land surveying program;

(d) Graduation
from an EAC of ABET accredited four-year baccalaureate engineering program with
11 semester/16 quarter hours of surveying instruction and surveying law.

(e) Graduation
from a TAC of ABET accredited four-year baccalaureate engineering program with 11
semester/16 quarter hours of surveying instruction and surveying law.

(g) Graduation
from a graduate degree program in land surveying at a college or university that
has an ABET accredited undergraduate degree program in the same field, combined
with completion of 11 semester/16 quarter hours of surveying instruction.

(h) Graduation
from an ASAC of ABET accredited two-year Surveying Technology program, a TAC of
ABET accredited two-year Surveying Technology program, or a two-year Association
of Applied Science program in Surveying Technology or Engineering Technology that
includes the following:

(A) A total
of at least 64 semester/96 quarter hours;

(B) At least
32 semester/48 quarter hours in technical courses, of which a minimum of 11 semester/16
quarter hours shall be in surveying instruction;

(D) At least
9 semester/13 quarter hours in social science, humanities and communications; and

(E) In addition
to the educational requirements set forth in paragraph (h) of subsection (3), graduates
from two-year education programs shall complete two or more years of active practice
in land surveying work before qualifying to take the FLS examination for enrollment
as an LSI. Graduation from a degree program related to engineering or land surveying
that includes the following:

(A) 21 semester/32
quarter hours of coursework with a direct geomatics focus that requires the application
of geomatics knowledge and skills. One of these courses must be surveying law related;

(B) 27 semester/40
quarter hours that requires the application of mathematics for problem solving.
At least one of these courses must focus on the application of differential and
integral calculus;

(1) An applicant
to qualify for registration must obtain a passing grade for:

(a) A written
examination in engineering fundamentals for qualification as an EI as covered in
OAR 820-010-0420, unless exempted from this examination under 820-010-0455. Such
examination may be taken at any scheduled examination period but must be passed
in order to be admitted to the branch examination as covered in subsection (1)(b)
of this rule; and

(b) A written
examination in a professional branch of engineering, other than structural engineering,
covering practical engineering problems in branches listed in OAR 820-010-0450.

(2) The uniform,
national examinations are written and scored by the NCEES and administered by NCEES
Exam Administration Services. Acoustical and Forest examinations are written, scored
and administered by the Board.

(3) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional engineering in
Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

(1) An applicant
to qualify for registration must obtain a passing grade for:

(a) A written
examination in land surveying fundamentals as covered in OAR 820-010-0430 unless
exempted for this examination under 820-010-0455. Such examination may be taken
at any scheduled period but must be passed in order to be admitted to the examination
in subsection (1)(b) of this rule;

(b) A written
examination in practical land surveying problems; and

(c) A four-hour
Oregon specific examination covering the U. S. Public Land Survey system, Oregon
laws relating to land surveying, and other matters.

(2) The uniform,
national examinations referenced in sections (1)(a) and (1)(b) are written and scored
by the NCEES and administered by NCEES Exam Administration Services. The four-hour
Oregon specific examination is written, scored and administered by the Board.

(3) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional land surveying
in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules
in Oregon.

Nature of
Examination for Registered Professional Photogrammetrist (RPP)

(1) An applicant
to qualify for registration must obtain a passing grade for:

(a) A written
examination in land surveying fundamentals as covered in OAR 820-010-0430. Such
examination may be taken at any scheduled period but must be passed in order to
be admitted to the examination as covered in subsection (1)(b) of this rule;

(b) A written
examination in practical photogrammetric mapping problems.

(2) The fundamentals
of land surveying examination is written and scored by NCEES and administered by
NCEES Exam Administration Services.

(3) The practical
photogrammetric mapping examination is written and scored by the Colonial States
Boards of Surveyor Registration (CSBSR) pursuant to a contract entered into between
the Oregon Board and the CSBSR. The Oregon Board administers the examination in
Oregon.

(4) Before
receiving a certificate of registration to practice professional photogrammetric
mapping in Oregon, each applicant must pass a take at home examination on the laws
and rules in Oregon.

(1) As NCEES does
not facilitate examination reviews and appeals, NCEES examination reviews are not
permitted.

(2) Examinees
are subject to the NCEES 2012 Examination Administration Policies. For the purposes
of investigations of potential violations of OAR 820-020-0040, the Board will consider
recommendations from NCEES for any breach of examination security and examination
subversion.

Registrants or certificate
holders who are delinquent, retired, inactive, suspended or revoked by the Board,
are not authorized to engage in the professional practice of engineering, land surveying,
photogrammetric mapping, or the professional activities of a certified water right
examiner as defined in ORS Chapter 537 and OAR chapter 690. Except as provided in
section (2), registrants or certificate holders who are delinquent, retired, inactive,
suspended or revoked may not hold out as professional engineers, professional land
surveyors, professional photogrammetrists, or certified water right examiners.

(1) Delinquent
registrants or certificate holders. Registrants or certificate holders become delinquent
because they fail, within a period of five years from the renewal date, to renew
their certificate of registration or to pay their renewal fees or satisfy the required
PDH units. A delinquent registrant or certificate holder may return to active status:

(c) By paying
the biennial renewal fee required by OAR 820-010-0505; and

(d) By satisfying
and submitting proof of completion on a form approved by the Board of all delinquent
PDH units, at a rate of 15 PDH units per year delinquent, to a maximum of 30 PDH
units as stated in OAR 820-010-0635.

(2) Retired
registrants or certificate holders. Registrants or certificate holders may retire
once they notify the Board that they are not providing engineering, land surveying,
photogrammetric mapping services, or professional activities of a certified water
right examiner to the public and they request retired status. Registrants or certificate
holders who are retired may not use their seal. However, retired registrants may
sign documents, listing after their name the designation “PE (Retired),”
“SE (Retired),” “PLS (Retired),” “Photogrammetrist
(Retired),” or “CWRE (Retired),” as appropriate. A retired registrant
or certificate holder may, within a period of 5 years from retirement, return to
active status:

(a) Upon
application to the Board,

(b) Successfully
pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules in Oregon;

(c) By paying
the reinstatement fee required by OAR 820-010-0305(3);

(d) By paying
the biennial renewal fee required by OAR 820-010-0505; and

(e) By satisfying
and submitting proof of completion on a form approved by the Board of 15 PDH units
per year for each year (or part of a year) retired, to a maximum of 30 PDH units
as stated in OAR 820-010-0635.

(3) Inactive
registrants or certificate holders. Registrants or certificate holders may place
their license or certification on inactive status if the registrant or certificate
holder has suffered a debilitating mental or physical illness, injury or disease
that prevents the registrant or certificate holder from engaging in the professional
practice. Registrants or certificate holders must request to be placed on inactive
status. Registrants or certificate holders making such requests must provide documentation
prepared by a licensed physician that the registrant or certificate holder suffers
from a specific, named debilitating mental or physical illness, injury or disease
that prevents the registrant or certificate holder from engaging in the professional
practice, and an estimate of the period of time during when the illness, injury
or disease will last or whether it is of an unlimited duration. An inactive registrant
or certificate holder may, within a period of 5 years from inactive, return to active
status:

(a) Upon
application to the Board;

(b) Successfully
pass a take at home examination on the laws and rules in Oregon;

(c) By paying
the reinstatement fee required by OAR 820-010-0305(3);

(d) By paying
the biennial renewal fee required by OAR 820-010-0505; and

(e) By satisfying
and submitting proof of completion on a form approved by the Board of 15 PDH units
per year for each year (or part of a year) inactive, to a maximum of 30 PDH units
as stated in OAR 820-010-0635.

The purpose of professional
development requirements is to demonstrate a continuing level of competency of professional
engineers, land surveyors, and photogrammetrists.

(1) Requirements:

(a) Every
registrant is required to obtain 30 professional development hour (PDH) units during
the registrant’s current biennial renewal period in order to renew for the
next biennial renewal period.

(b) Every
registrant will report their PDH units on the Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) Organizational form and submit to the Board office with the renewal form and
fee. The CPD Organizational form must be completed in its entirety.

(c) Supporting
documentation to verify the PDH units recorded on the CPD Organizational form must
be submitted to the Board office when requested to participate in an audit. Supporting
documentation may include, but are not limited to:

(A) Completion
certificate(s);

(B) Paid
receipt(s);

(C) Attendance
log;

(D) Other
documents supporting evidence of attendance.

(d) The CPD
Organizational form and supporting documentation must be submitted to the Board
in English or translated to English.

(e) Records
must be retained for five (5) years.

(2) PDH units
must be obtained in qualifying activities related to the individual’s registration.
A qualifying activity is any course or activity with a clear purpose and objective
which improves, or expands the skills and knowledge relevant to the registrant’s
field of practice or practices.

(3) Non-qualifying
activities may include, but are not limited to:

(a) Regular
employment;

(b) Real
estate licensing courses;

(c) Personal,
estate, or financial planning;

(d) Personal
self improvement;

(e) Service
club meetings or activities;

(f) Equipment
demonstrations or trade show displays;

(g) Topics
not relevant to engineering, land surveying, or photogrammetry professions;

(h) Enrollment
without attendance at courses, seminars, etc.

(i) Repetitive
attendance at the same course;

(j) Repetitive
teaching of the same course;

(k) Attending
committee meetings or general business meetings of any organization;

(l) Taking
professional or required examinations.

(4) Units
— The conversion of other units of credit to PDH units is as follows:

(a) 1 College
Semester hour equals 45 PDH;

(b) 1 College
Quarter hour equals 30 PDH;

(c) 1 Continuing
Education unit equals 10 PDH.

(5) Sources
of PDH units — One (1) PDH unit may be obtained for each contact hour of instruction
or presentation. Unless otherwise noted, there is no maximum amount of PDH units
a registrant may earn per biennial renewal period. Sources of PDH units include,
but are not limited to the following:

(j) Developing,
writing, or scoring an engineering, land surveying, or photogrammetric mapping examination
for licensure or certification. Maximum of 15 PDH units per biennial renewal period.

(6) Determination
of Credit — The Board has final authority with respect to approval of courses,
credit, PDH units for courses and other methods of earning credit.

(a) The Board
will approve without listing courses which are sponsored by nationally recognized
technical societies and those technical societies listed in 820-001-0000(4)(b)(A)
through (E) and (4)(c)(A) through (H).

(b) Credit
determination for activities is the responsibility of the registrant and is subject
to review by the Board.

(7) If a
registrant exceeds the requirement in any renewal period, a maximum of 15 PDH units
in courses/activities may be carried forward into the next renewal period.

(8) Delinquent,
retired or inactive registrants must complete PDH requirements as outlined in OAR
820-010-0520 in order to attain active status.

(9) In the
event a registrant holds a license in another state that has a lesser PDH requirement
than Oregon or no PDH requirement, the registrant will need to satisfy Oregon’s
30 PDH requirement to renew the Oregon license.

(10) Multiple
Registrants. The number of PDH units required shall remain a total of 30 PDH per
renewal period for persons who hold registration as an engineer, land surveyor,
and/or photogrammetrist.

Advertising
for or Offering to Perform Services without Employing a Licensee or Certificate
Holder; Engineering, Land Surveying and Photogrammetry Offices

(1) A licensee or
firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company,
or other organization shall not advertise for or offer to perform or perform professional
services for which a license or certificate is required unless the licensee or organization
has a full-time partner, manager, officer or employee licensed and certified to
practice in the discipline for which a license is required or certificate to practice
in accordance with Oregon Revised Statute Chapter 537.

(2) Licensees
and organizations shall not advertise for or offer to perform or perform professional
services for which a license is required but for which they do not hold, or have
a qualified person who holds, a license and thereafter seek to employ persons who
hold a qualifying license.

(3) As used
in this rule, a “full-time partner, manager, officer or employee” refers
to a person who:

(a) Is physically
present at least one half of the person’s working time in the offices of the
licensee or organization during normal business hours unless the full-time partner’s,
manager’s, officer’s or employee’s professional duties require
that the person be elsewhere; and

(b) Is not
working for the licensee or organization under a contract or as a consultant for
specific projects.

(4) A licensee
or person employing or having a licensee as its partner, manager, or officer, may
operate a project office for which no licensed professional engineer, land surveyor
or photogrammetrist is physically present at least one half of the person’s
working time, provided that the project office qualifies under this section and
that no services are advertised or offered making reference to or in connection
with the project office, its address or phone number. For purposes of this section,
a project office is a workstation for a specific project, the use of which will
not extend beyond the scope or duration of the specific project.

Failure to
Comply with Continuing Professional Development Requirements

(1) Any registrant
who fails to satisfy the Continuing Professional Development requirements in OAR
820-010-0635 will be subject to suspension of the registrant’s license. Failure
to satisfy the Continuing Professional Development requirements will not be the
sole basis for license revocation.

(2) Before
suspending a registrant’s license, the Board may allow a grace period of up
to one year for a registrant to satisfy the requirements of OAR 820-010-0635(1).
When a grace period is allowed, the registrant must complete all deficient Continuing
Professional Development requirements and satisfy all current Continuing Professional
Development requirements within the grace period. If the registrant fails to obtain
all required deficient and current PDH units within the grace period, the Board
will suspend the registrant’s license.

(3) The Board
shall grant a grace period to a registrant who responds to any Board notification,
completes a Continuing Education Request for a Grace Period Form, is not otherwise
subject to Board investigation, audit, or discipline, and has failed to satisfy
the Continuing Professional Development requirements by 15 or fewer PDH units.

(1) Examination
subversion is the use of any means to alter the results of an examination to cause
the results to inaccurately represent the competency of an examinee.

(2) The Board
may invalidate the examination results of an examinee who engages in examination
subversion. Examination subversion may include, but is not limited to:

(a) Communication
between examinees inside of the examination room.

(b) Giving
or receiving any unauthorized assistance on the examination while an examination
is in process.

(c) Having
any unauthorized printed or written matter or other devices in the examinee’s
possession that might serve to aid the examinee on the examination.

(d) Obtaining,
using, buying, selling, distributing, having possession of, or having unauthorized
access to secured examination questions or other secured examination material prior
to, during or after the administration of the examination.

(e) Copying
another examinee’s answers or looking at another examinee’s materials
while an examination is in progress.

(f) Permitting
anyone to copy answers to the examination.

(g) Removing
any secured examination materials from the examination facility.

(h) Allowing
another person to take the examination in the examinee’s place.

(i) Placing
any identifying mark upon the examinee’s examination papers other than the
examinee’s identification number or other identifiers as directed by the examination
administrator.

(j) Use by
an examinee of any written material, audio material, video material, digital material,
or any other mechanism not specifically authorized during the examination for the
purpose of assisting an examinee in the examination.

(k) Writing
on anything other than designated examination material.

(l) Writing
or erasing anything after time is called.

(m) Having
a cell phone in the examinee’s possession.

(n) Having
a device with copying, recording, or communication capabilities in the examinee’s
possession. These include but are not limited to cameras, pagers, PDAs, radios,
headsets, tape players, calculator watches, electronic dictionaries, electronic
translators, transmitting devices, and digital media players.

(o) Having
a calculator in the examinee’s possession that is not on the NCEES approved
list.

(p) Removing
pages from an exam booklet.

(q) Leaving
the exam room without authorization.

(r) Engaging
in any other act of examination collusion not listed above.

(3) The Board
may invalidate the examination results of an examinee who engages in any other conduct
for which NCEES invalidates the examinee’s examination results.

(4) In addition
to subsections 2 and 3 of this rule, the Board may invalidate the examination results
for any examinee who engages in prohibited examination conduct, which includes but
is not limited to:

(b) Using
a non-NCEES writing instrument or eraser to complete any portion of an NCEES exam.

(c) Beginning
the exam before the proctor instructs the examinee to do so.

(d) Failing
to stop writing immediately when time is called.

(e) Writing
on anything other than the exam booklet or answer sheet; writing in the FE Supplied-Reference
Handbook.

(f) Violating
any other terms contained in the testing regulations provided by the examination’s
administrator or proctor that are cause for dismissal or exam invalidation by the
examination’s administrator or proctor.

(5) At the
discretion of the Board or its designee, if there is evidence of examination subversion
by an examinee prior to, during, or after the administration of the examination,
one or more of the following may occur:

(a) The examinee
may be denied the privilege of taking the examination if examination subversion
is detected before the administration of the examination.

(b) If the
examination subversion detected has not yet compromised the integrity of the examination,
such steps as are necessary to prevent further examination subversion shall be taken,
and the examinee may be permitted to continue with the examination.

(c) The examinee
may be requested to leave the examination facility if examination subversion is
detected during the examination. If the examinee does not leave the facility, the
examinee will be deemed a trespasser.

(d) The examinee’s
examination results may be voided and the application fee forfeited.

(e) The examinee
may not be allowed to sit for an examination for up to three years.

(6) If examination
subversion is detected after the administration of the examination, the Board or
its designee shall make appropriate inquiry to determine the facts concerning the
examination subversion and the Board or its designee may take any of the actions
described in section (1) through (3) herein.

(7) Notwithstanding
OAR 820-010-0440, 820-010-0470, or any other rule, the Board or its designee may
choose not to release or make available the examination results to examinee or any
other person pending the outcome of an investigation into examination subversion.

(8) Removal
of the examinee from or voiding the examinee’s examination of any one part
of a multiple part examination shall constitute removal from or voiding of all other
parts of the multiple part examination.

(9) Applicants
are required to sign statements regarding examination subversion in order to take
an examination. Applicants who refuse to sign statements regarding examination subversion
will be denied the privilege of taking the examination. The application fees for
the examination paid to the Board are forfeited.

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